Job overview
The Cardiothoracic Intensive care and High dependancy Unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital is looking to recruit a Band 7 Practice Educator. We are a 18 bedded unit both level 2 and 3 beds. level 2 beds care for patients pre and post cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology procedures, and Level 3 beds care for those requiring higher levels of care including ventilation. We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed nurse who can demonstrate strong leadership skills. They will need to have excellent organisational and communication skills.
Education plays a vital role in training and development off all staff within the the ITU & HDU. Alongside the existing Practice Educators you will be responsible for developing and coordinating education initiatives. You will need to be a proven teacher with excellent cardiothoracic and critical care knowledge.
Closing date: 08/02/26
Main duties of the job
·Promote a learning environment that optimises each learners’ clinical development and facilitates a ‘best practice’ principle for patient care that, whenever possible, is evidence based. Lead on the in-house education programme both coordinating and providing teaching.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients with heart and lung, cancer at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment, and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To promote within the department a learning environment that optimises each nurses clinical development and facilitates a ‘best practice’ principle for patient care that, whenever possible, is evidence based. Along with other practice educator colleagues, to be responsible for the in-house education programme both co-ordinating and teaching on it.
To work alongside members of the nursing staff supporting them in learning new skills and taking on new roles and responsibilities. This involves undertaking an assessment of the nurses’ competence when taking on these new skills, providing feedback to the team leaders and matron in addition to the individual nurse concerned.
To be responsible for the continuing specialist professional development and overall performance of all staff in the Level 2 + 3 areas, in conjunction with the team leaders. Developing individuals’ knowledge of the critical care environment and supporting them in practice.
To work in conjunction with the practice educator team within the Level 2 + 3 areas, to ensure that the health care assistants within the each unit have a defined development programme, supported by a specific competency framework relevant to the scope of their roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
1. Registered nurse with relevant degree
2. Relevant post registration course ( cardiothoracic)
Desirable criteria
3. Recognised teaching qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
4. Good leadership skills
5. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Desirable criteria
6. Experience of completing audits
Experience
Essential criteria
7. •Extensive experience in cardiothoracics and critical care
Desirable criteria
8. previous leadership role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.